The Government’s TPP Rhetoric (code for bullshit)

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8. Does that mean that corporate lawyers on their corporate court get to decide?

NOT state governments perhaps?

The investor-state dispute settlement is so ridiculously egregious.

I can't believe that so many politicians are advocating for this.

It also seems from the language used that countries must simply make a "commitment" to do certain things or take "initiative" to do other things. There is no firm language used that would REQUIRE countries to have to do these things or else face consequences, and I don't think that's an accident.

Speaking of which, what are the consequences for failure to adhere to these poorly defined goals? And, what enforcement mechanism would exist to ensure objectives were being met?

There's just so very much wrong here that I can't believe anyone would support it (unless they were part of the financial elite, would get well compensated for it, and simply don't care about the potential impact on average Americans and average global citizens).